Distinctive in our Welcome
Reading: Colossians 3:1-17

THIS SUNDAY

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service [Holy Communion]
Leader: Andy Spencer
Speaker: Peter Shaw
Busbridge Church & Online

(Coffee will be served in the chancel after Classic).

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Leader: Keith Harper
Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM MUDDY Church
Meet at Hydon’s Ball car park
Leaders: Mark Puddephatt and Suzie Lambert

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Leader: Keith Harper
Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church

6PM Busbridge Evening Service
Leader: Simon Willetts
Busbridge Church

Next Sunday 13 Feb

Racial Justice Sunday | Reading: 1 John 4:7-21

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Keith Harper
Speaker: Peter Shaw
Busbridge Church & Online

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service [Holy Communion]
Leader and Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leaders: Clare Haddad & Patrick Samuels
Speaker: Margot Spencer
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Leader and Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church

The Yew Tree Café

Sponsor an item
You can now sponsor an item! You can sponsor everything from a mop and bucket to a coffee cup to a sofa! We want the café to be owned by the whole congregation and this is one very practical way of demonstrating this. View the YEW TREE items sponsorship list and go to Donate and either donate by BACS transfer or the donate function and use ref: YT[item].

Volunteer! See the vacancies page.
Response to the initial call for café volunteers last week has be been great, but we’d like 6-10 more people to make the team up to approx 20. If you would like to find out more, please contact us on: Yewtreecafe@BHCGodalming.org or talk to Lizzie, Karen Hart, Carol Jones, Chris Garner or Sarah Black at the end of services, or pop you details in the form below:

Nexus.  On Thursday 3rd February, we’ll welcome two members of the community fundraising team from Oakleaf Enterprise, our Charity for 2022.  Jen Clay and Jane Felton will come and talk to us on ‘Oakleaf and mental health in the Surrey community’.  The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the mental health and wellbeing of many.  Oakleaf transforms lives and builds new futures for adults; developing the skills and confidence they desperately need and by reducing their feelings of social isolation.  In this way, Oakleaf empowers individuals to participate again as active members of the community.  The charity also works hard to promote awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health. 

Do join us to learn more about the work of this increasingly important charity, which we are pleased to support this year.  Mental ill-health can happen to anyone! We’ll meet in the Old Rectory at 8.00pm.  All welcome, including men! We will be collecting Membership fees for 2022, which remain at £18, and there will be a visitor fee of £5.00 for non-members.  These fees cover refreshments, gifts or fees for speakers and charity donations. For more information, please contact Janetmharvey@btinternet.com or katekaye2@btinternet.com

Men’s Breakfast this Saturday. Gents are invited to the first men’s get together of the year in the Old Rectory, 8.15am this Saturday….prize winning porridge…tasty toast…homemade marmalade (award winning!)…and just to be different this month, bagels infused with fruit  (award winning).

As usual we will have a conversation about something topical…but this month we reach up to a higher level. "What is truth?" is the snappy title chosen by your hosts.  Not just in the context of Partygate, but for the Ukraine crisis and all the other "facts" that we are bombarded with daily. 

COVID UPDATE 27 Jan 2022
Following the latest changes to the Covid-19 rules in the UK, all legal restrictions are lifted for churches and places of worship. This means that face coverings are no longer a legal requirement in services. However, The Church of England and the Bishop of Guildford suggest that churches consider maintaining some precautions for the care and consideration of all members, and that these are at the discretion of the incumbent.

Busbridge&Hambledon church continues to welcome the use of face coverings in services, and a supply of masks and hand sanitiser is available in both churches and the Old Rectory. Neither church is large enough to guarantee social distancing, but we hope that those to wish to keep a little more space between themselves and others can do so. Communion will be celebrated in one kind until the end of February, when the decision to share the common cup (or invest in individual glasses) will be reviewed again. Thank you for your ongoing co-operation, and respect for each other.

Coming Up:

See the list below or look up dates further ahead in the full calendar. Select the event for details and the location (online or on site).

Church Family News

We have been deeply saddened to hear of the death of Cynthia Miller, a longstanding member of Hambledon Church.  She had been in a care home for some time, but died last Sunday, in hospital.  We send our love to Derek, their daughter Janet and the wider family.  Please pray that God will surround them all with his love, peace and comfort.

Please Pray for

• The work of the Cellar and Skillway

• Tuesley Lane and it’s road steward Lesley Reeves

• Vann Lane

ELSEWHERE

There is a Spring ‘Naturally Supernatural Conference 2022’ being put on this year because of the volume of demand. It is on Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th May at Soul Survivor Watford. The conference is all about spending time in God’s presence, with extended times of worship and ministry. We’ll be studying God’s word and hearing from some great teachers as we explore what it means to live biblical, naturally supernatural lives today. It’s only £76 as well. If you are interested in going, either book directly at https://naturallysupernatural.co.uk/ or chat with Julia Stubbs eashingstubbs@aol.com. if you want to know a bit more.

Bereavement Day at Godalming Baptist Church - 5 Feb 2022. Please download the information:
Bereavement Day flyer
Booking & additional info re. Covid regulations

Busbridge and Hambledon Churches are open daily for private prayer.

PRAYER MINISTRY TEAM AVAILABLE

To contact the EMERGENCY prayer chain, email prayer@bhcgodalming.org or call 01483 421267.
Listening prayer is available mid-week.